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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2025-03-10 22:24:15 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2025-04-15 17:04:35 +0200
commit04d3e5461c1f5cf8eec964ab64948ebed826e95e (patch)
tree351d0dae5f9a8a932f0b3cd0cb0cc797ff94abfd /drivers/base/base.h
parentdc1771f718548f7d4b93991b174c6e7b5e1ba410 (diff)
driver core: introduce device_set_driver() helper
In preparation to closing a race when reading driver pointer in dev_uevent() code, instead of setting device->driver pointer directly introduce device_set_driver() helper. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250311052417.1846985-2-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/base/base.h')
-rw-r--r--drivers/base/base.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 0042e4774b0c..eb203cf8370b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ int driver_add_groups(const struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_gr
void driver_remove_groups(const struct device_driver *drv, const struct attribute_group **groups);
void device_driver_detach(struct device *dev);
+static inline void device_set_driver(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+ // FIXME - this cast should not be needed "soon"
+ dev->driver = (struct device_driver *)drv;
+}
+
int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
void device_block_probing(void);
void device_unblock_probing(void);